Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
भूमौ प्रधर्षयामास प्रसृतं च मुमोच ह । चिक्षेप चाग्निकोणे तं महीसागररोधसि
bhūmau pradharṣayāmāsa prasṛtaṃ ca mumoca ha | cikṣepa cāgnikoṇe taṃ mahīsāgararodhasi
उसने उसे भूमि पर पटक दिया और जो फैलकर पड़ा था उसे छोड़ दिया। फिर उसे अग्निकोण—दक्षिण-पूर्व दिशा—में, जहाँ धरती समुद्र से मिलती है, फेंक दिया।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: One fighter slams the other to the ground, releases him sprawling, then hurls him toward the southeast—visually extending the trajectory to a distant shoreline where earth meets ocean.
FAQs
It reflects the Purāṇic conviction that unrighteous obstruction is driven away, restoring safety and order to the world.
A precise tīrtha is not named, but the verse gestures to liminal sacred geography—shorelines and directional quarters used in Purāṇic mapping.
None in this verse.